>>287495718
No womanizer has ever tried to get in my pants

>ugh people talked behind my back.... I have le big trauma!!!!!
LOL!!

I want to ram her parts of ice.

BRO this literal non-drama LMAO
I was told this would be suffering kino
instead it's
>UAAAH im a normal girl with normal interactions... but I overthink them!!! WOOOOOOOOOO
like BRUH

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>why she laughin at the other guy??????
>it was supposed to be me!!!!
incel

>>287495780
Sucks to be you, my friend

>kawaiisou
>c...
NOW I GET IT BROS!
but they translated it to pities them
so what the fuck did c... mean
like HOLY SHIT lol

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The sound effect here sounded nasty

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CHOCO BANANA

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jiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

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>everyone had black hair in the past
>all brown now

>I clearly feel bothered by this guy
>so I will keep looking at him until he notices me so he can bother me more
I get it.
I understand everything now.

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Me watching this anime.
Will the pacing pick up any time soon?

>>287496805
It's an easy way to differentiate characters while still staying in the realm of 'real' hair colours for a show that's trying to be grounded.
You'll see this more in shows targeted towards women because right now actual naturally jet black hair is trendy and worshipped as the jackpot in the beauty lottery so you have to make sure your protagonist is some shade of off-dark brunette instead so she feels average instead of being a one-in-a-million model-tier yamato nadeshiko beauty with a million followers on tiktok.

>>287497051
I mean in flashbacks, you dunce. What the fuck are you talking about?

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I want to break down her walls

>>287496919
female brain

>>287496026
>>287496258
>I was told this would be suffering kino
Never heard of it
I still think it's a good high school drama. The author is pretty good at conveying how how schoolers think and feel about things. Both this show and polar opposites have relatable characters to the point I said "literally me" to each one of them.

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>>287496564
>>287496605
>vlcsnap

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WEENA DOGU!

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SEX

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>>287498008
DAMN

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>>287496711

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someone should be able to solve this

>>287495718
I already said this last week: This Minato shitter should be gutted alive.
Preferably gruesome and violently.
And I should probably drop this thing all together.

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>tfw you are in a netflix series

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>mfw

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cute lamp post

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now im feeling guilty

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God I would kill to have this kind of setup.

>>287498434
thbis dumb blonde bitch should get some rape correction by the schizo tbqh
shes insufferable

>>287498535
>he better not see me...
>continues staring
wow she's such a smart klutz!!!

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This guy is invasive. Granted she was looking at him for too long.

>>287498556
She's a klutz but on the wrong side.

>>287498589
he wants a piece of her ass, but still thinks he's just 'memeing' her not realizing he actually wants her and he'll get a reality check when the tall boy will go for it and drama ensues.
I mean that's my read, didnt read the webtoon because im not a terminally retarded kr slopper.

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>>287496919
>girl supposedly is very extroverted
>gives her number to a chad the first time he asks
yeah, it's not that deep

>>287498589
>This guy is invasive.
He's killing my interest in the show.

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>be him, a sociopath who talk people like picking a lock
>had a lot of gfs, probably because they are coming to him first and not the other way around
>break a lot with them too
>meet a girl who is too disinterest with him
>gets OMOSHIROI ONNA suddenly
I seriously cannot with this guy. If this was shoujo manga, I would immediately understand but in this highschool drama anime, I feel like he stands out like a sore thumb.

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Girl when a guy asks you if you have a boyfriend, they are probably probing and you have the right to be paranoid.

>>287498771
introverted*
damn you autocorrect

>>287498903
Just bee urself

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Jesus Christ is this MISUNDERSTANDING the anime??
When was the last time we had these type of show? Nagi no Asukara?

>>287498826
He's not a sociopath. He demonstrates compassion towards his friends and compassion requires empathy. He's just super logical and analytical and struggles with expressing his emotions.

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Even him casually mentioning apropos of nothing that he broke up feels so calculated. Also, the way the dude can't stand not being the center of attention pisses me off.

>>287498826
> If this was shoujo manga
In a shoujo manga, he would be the rival for the MMC for an arc and be completely forgotten by the end of the story.

>>287499021
We get it, Minato, you are a very complex person.

>>287498589
This guy is literally (You) when you tried to go for the clearly disinterested girl.

>>287495718
She's pretty much gendered swapped Ryuuji. And instead of a small girl, she gets a tall boy.

>>287499160
>super logical and analytical and struggles with expressing his emotions
He's a 4chan autist except extroverted and handsome, so introverted, ugly 4chan autists are jelly and hate him. That's what's going on here. Not a psychopath/sociopath.

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penetration!

>>287496388
Is the guy a legit psychopath ? Can’t believe this shares the same author as Polar Opposites, the vibe is totally different.

>>287496787
I love short girls so much it's unreal.

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>I don't get it, why doesn't she laugh like that with me? Who the fuck do you think I am? I'm Minato, the human chameleon. I'm gonna show you, I'm gonna make you fall in love with me by emotionally manipulating you, like I did with my previous gfs (who dumped me once they learned that I only look at them like trophies, because I'm a husk of a person, but ignore that).

>>287499394
Hilarious isn't it. I do enjoy nu-romcom transparency.

>>287499312
He's manipulative, dishonest, narcissistic, unremorseful, and non-empathetic. He's also incredibly annoying, but that's not a trait of a psychopath. I don't know how anyone can look at the way he was introduced at the start of last episode, when he compared people to mechanisms, and spoke about how he feels nothing for these relationships, and say: 'He's a well-adjusted individual.'

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>Though she was special.
>She learned that Minato got close to her to feed his savior complex.
>Still falls in love with him anyway.

>>287499243

From the thumbnail, I thought that was a pillow, and Gorrila was about to put me out of my misery

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>>287500300
maybe next episode, Anon

>>287498826
>>287499142
It's a shoujo manga you niggas.

She was teased a bit in middle school so now she has truly built the RAMPARTS OF ICE around her. Sasuga Kubo!

>>287499500
>manipulative
You kinda have to be to be successful with women, and is not necessarily "evil" or morally wrong. It can be morally correct when the end goal is a happy, mutually-beneficial relationship.
>and spoke about how he feels nothing for these relationships
Because he hasn't found love.
Dating women you don't love is normal. You snag the woman before you develop feelings and before she can friendzone you, and then you figure out if you love her or not while you're dating. This is normal. There is nothing wrong with this.

>>287496564
She's so small every shot of her looking up is asking for a dick shadow edit

>>287500499
this, cant even classify as bullying, but her autism acted up

>>287500594
Love is a choice not something you find. He's a limp dick more like it, felt no lust towards the girls he was dating

>tfw too old to make healing love with shy school girls
Why live?

>>287500627
>Love is a choice
kek no
It's an emotion. Emotions are not voluntary. I cannot simply suddenly choose to feel angry at the container of gum currently sitting on my desk. There is no reason for me to be angry at that container of gum. No matter how hard I try to choose to be angry at it, I will not actually feel angry at it.

>>287500756
>he doesn't command his emotions
are you an animal?

>>287500756
You're talking about like

>>287500788
There's a huge difference between suppressing actions which are based on emotions and completely suppressing emotions.
The former is what a human with discipline is capable of doing. The latter is impossible. No human can do the latter. They *will* feel emotions. It is how they choose to act on those emotions which determines if they have discipline or not.
>>287500792
Talkin' about love
Talkin' about love
Ooh, trouble-free transmission
Helps your oils flow
Mama, let me pump your gas
Mama, let me do it all

I am happy that people also hates Minato aside me.
I think this is the first time to see a male mc not vibing with me.

>>287500877
I root for minato
fuck women

>>287500499
Yeah, I'm surprised by how weak her backstory is, considering how much of the story hinges on it. Her not being an interesting main character would be easy to excuse if this was an ensemble cast like Polar Opposite, but that's not the case. I don't know, I was expecting a lot more from this author, but we're three episodes in, there's barely any setup, and the whole thing is shaping up to be just a nothing melodrama between this group of boring characters.

>>287500877
I think introducing Yota first, this lovable, genuine, caring dude who's so pleasant to be around that he makes even the MC lower her guard, made Minato no favors either. I wanted to see more of that dynamic, but now this annoying dude has hijacked the show by forcing his way into every other scene.

>>287500877
I don't hate him but he makes me cringe

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>>287501194
I hate him because he's getting in the way of them.

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>>287498976
I got tricked into watching a missunderstandings anime again. For some reason this one gets a pass and is called a masterpiece just because of the author. This would be Polar Oposites if the main characters didn't just assume what other characters were thinking or feeling.

Also isn't Koyuki the only one with a normal japanese height for her age? Why is she being called a midget? It's everyone else who is taller than average.

>>287498243
But she's not black.

>>287499394
It feels like the only reason he's even interested in the MC is because, from his perspective, she seems to be into Yota. So his fragile ego can't comprehend why she sees something in Yota but not in him, which makes him even more unlikable. Having said that, I don't like the dude, but at least he gets a reaction out of me instead of being a flat line like so many MMC in these types of shows who are just the archetypal "nice guy™"

I have nothing against highschool dramas, but this one in particular is presenting the most trivial of things as if they are monumental, earth-shattering events. I really can't help but think, halfway through one of the main girl's monologues, about how statistically some of the kids in her year at school are likely being abused by their parents, or how some live in abject poverty. This isn't something I always think about when I watch teen dramas, I usually always give them the benefit of the doubt and buy into the heightened emotions and the overdramatisation and whatever, but this one is such a nothingburger. All this overthinking about what goes through other people's minds worked really well in Seihantai because it was a cute romcom and all the misunderstandings were insignificant, but here it's played completely seriously, and it's hard to take seriously. If the main girl didn't look like she just found out her entire family had been murdered every time someone says something to her, then I really wouldn't mind. I only care anyway because I enjoyed the first couple episodes when it was mostly just about tall guy and small girl.
For the love of god, if it's causing you such unimaginable anguish every time he opens his mouth, just tell Minato to fuck off already and be done with it.

>>287501446
>just tell Minato to fuck off already and be done with it.
You don't understand trauma, anon. A couple of kids teased her a bit when she was in middle school.

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Oh man, he's sooo in!

>>287497003
short hair bros...
we are eating well this season

>>287501446
>presenting the most trivial of things as if they are monumental, earth-shattering events
In a show about teenagers? No way!

>>287501446
Have you never been a teenager?
Making mountains out of molehills is what they're (mostly) all about.

Read the manga after seeing some posts about the show; am I understanding correctly that the manga is already complete but a dozen or so chapters are just still untranslated?

>>287501867
>Have you never been a teenager?
You are missing the point, how does that makes for an interesting, engaging story?

>>287501867
I spent all my teenage years locked in a room masturbating so I wouldn't know.

>>287501961
I'm still waiting for the episode where it does.
Surely it will be the next one.

>>287501620
She looked better in middle school

>>287501997
Funny, that's how I spent and still spend my adulthood too

Everyone seemed really on edge this episode and I don't get why

AOTS

>>287495718
>I have no friends, oh noooo
>this guy is hitting on me, oh noooo
Stupid autistic bitch.

Yuta is already best boy (not much competition), but he would have cemented his spot had he told Amamiya to fuck off when he was hitting on the dweeb instead of following up on his joke.

>>287500984
The web manga also took a while to get going, longer than Polar Opposites. I kinda respect that the author is going for a totally different vibe than her previous work, when it is so easy to stay in the safe zone after finding success with it.

>>287501306
>and is called a masterpiece
this is the first time ive seen anyone callig it a masterpeice since the season started and even back during seihantai lat couple of episodes

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>source is longstrip garbage
>at least there's a manga version being scanlated
>manga version scanlators dropped it since it got licensed
>official is longstrip only
I hate this timeline.

>>287502386
>I kinda respect that the author is going for a totally different vibe than her previous work
Polar Opposites comes after Koori no Jouhen.

>>287502645
is the manga version just the adapted long strip?

So what's the deal with the cram school guy that she's avoiding?

>>287500877
I don't hate him, but I definitely dislike him. But I also find him a little sympathetic because sometimes we all act like that.
Not the womanizing savior-complex way, but the "find the appropriate emotional response to interact with this person and achieve a positive outcome" way.
or maybe that's my autistic ass misunderstanding, idk i'm an animeonly for this one.

>>287495718
So far best romcom of the season

>>287502107
True. She was a cutie.

>>287502789
That'd be ponsuka

>>287502789
This shit is barely rom and has no com. Retard

>>287503388
The anon speaks truth.

>>287502769
The cram school part was the mc friend and Minato.
The guy she is avoiding (Igarashi) is her ex.

>>287503388
I like both

>>287498008
>>287498027
>deciding which cock to suck next

>>287503680
>t. His favorite romcom is worse than this one

>>287503388
dubs confirmed it.
Ponsuka really caught me by surprise, went in totally blind.
imo its a better successor to the Polar Opposites vibe than this show. Not that this has to be

The Ramparts of Ice is such a bad ass name for a romcom what the fuck

>>287504195
Sounds like some polar version of attack on titan

>>287498620
Tall guy is into the tomboy.

>>287503775
>her ex
Sigh, another used goods

>>287498882
Literally everyone else there got it.

>>287500098
She never felt in love with him. She is mad because she realized he was pitying her.

>>287501446
>presenting the most trivial of things as if they are monumental, earth-shattering events
Because they absolutely can be, for the people involved. There's nobody who gets "teased a little" (bullied) and thinks: "children in Africa are starving right now, I am unfazed".


>>287502772
>or maybe that's my autistic ass misunderstanding, idk i'm an animeonly for this one.
No, you're on the mark.

>>287498976
They really don't need to go that hard with the ED song transition every episode.

>>287502720
It is but that's still a better format than long strip.

>>287498976
What misunderstanding? Miyato is totally aiming for Koyun. Miki is just concerned because all his relationships end going sour and Koyun had really bad experiences in the past.

>>287502165
That's because you have autism

>>287502772
no, you nailed it. that's how I feel about him too. he's like a reflection of an aspect of me I don't like.

Miki a cute.

>>287495718
is this just cringe shoujo shit

>>287504558
They do. It's kino

>>287503388
this and otagal are tied for me

>>287496258
I just started watching this, I've never seen a short girl being bullied or antagonized by a boy and I was in a school full of bullies and literal criminals, males are hardwired to protect cute girls and shorties are ultra cute so the premise of this anime is already utter bullshit

>>287498826
You are talking to a bunch of anons that have talked themselves into liking a show that is clearly written explicitly for women. I dropped this on episode 2 when this become painfully clear. Just jump ship, anon.

>>287496026
Keep in mind she's a teenager and a woman so it would be a big deal

Yota should fuck Miki and Koyun while Minato watches from the closet

>>287496564
She's rapebait

>>287502772
I find him amusing.
>find the appropriate emotional response to interact with this person and achieve a positive outcome
This is the opposite of how I act.

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I am liking it a lot so far, i like Koyun a lot and i find it hilarious how this story begins considering they later sleep together

This show is shit, literally the worse couple pairings I have ever seen in a manga

>>287509036
>the worse couple pairings I have ever seen in a manga
Those would actually be your favorite couple from your favorite manga

But seriously why does miki look like a boy

>>287509162
stop dick riding so hard

>>287505309
someone called him Evil Taira, but maybe Bizarro Taira is better? He's like an amplification of the negative "literally me" traits.
>>287508564
he is a little amusing, but he would also be a very shitty friend

>>287508615
Not usually into feet but this is doing something to me

I like this show so far, but the thing that made Polar Opposites special was its avoiding of a lot of common rom com tropes most notably having all the couples except one start dating by the first season, and then Ramparts of Ice is back to will they/won't they, love triangles, misunderstandings, and toxic guy love interests.

This shit is so entertaining, reminds me of when I used to watch telenovelas with my mom.

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>>287509036
Fuck you man i am having the time of my life here. I usually find Female main character x Love interest pairings boring. I came to the realization that unless i don't find the MC genuinely attractive i don't care about the pairing beyond finding it cute, like with Mizuki and Tani. What i am trying to say is, i want to destroy Koyun's vagina

>>287509451
dunno what kind of telenovelas you used to watch but this show feels more like an episode of
>la rosa de guadalupe
than an actual telenovela
>>287510212
>What i am trying to say is, i want to destroy Koyun's vagina

was it really that hard to just write this sen tence?

>>287504283
holy fuck whats this author and used goods? no you're not entitled to happiness you bitch, go ride some more dicks SLUT

>>287508922
>sex
dropped

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>>287503762
>>287503847
>>287504015
I was expecting to be brutally destroyed. Nice to see that you Ramparts fellows are kind. And that some of you have tried PonSuka.
>>287506134
Maybe I'll take a look at the gyaru one.

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It's not bad, it's just sorta boring. The pacing feels really slow, I feel my mind wandering when watching. I do like it as a show, though, it doesn't look quite as good as Seihantai but I think Lapin Track is one of the most underrated studios currently (the guy who did Seihantai's composition is working on Nippon Sangoku I'm pretty sure and it's glorious) but it looks good in it's own respect. I just hope it picks up soon, I get that it's about the characters and I typically like slowburn dramas which I'm assuming this wants to be, but there also feels like a lot of wheel spinning.

>>287510929
As someone who used to read the Manga, Ponsuka is genuinely good, but a bit boring for my liking

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Fucking dumb misunderstandings they always piss me off so much.

>>287501446
I wonder if every show like this and Ikoku Nikki would be better by including a bunch of abstract, insane elements like Utena. Instead it's just a very mellow melodrama.

>>287509236
Why are you a retarded faggot with vision problems?

>>287502789
There's no romance so far, and the only comedy to be found is at the expense of the audience who wanted to watch a decent romance drama.

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>>287511789
Ikoku Nikki was perfect as is though.
I'm not sure why you guys keep comparing these two shows. Just because they both have introscpection doesn't mean they are similar. This show focuses solely on relationships, Ikoku Nikku was more about reevaluating life.

ARGH I WAS CALLED CHIBI IN MIDDLE SCHOOL IM GONNA BOOILD RAMPARTS

>>287511789
Ikoku Nikki got the balance right. There was real tragedy (Asa's parents dying) that facilitated all of Asa's melodramtic behaviour. She was believable. She was also portrayed as being kind of dumb and not able to process her own emotions, whereas the grumpy midget in this story seems to have very good emotional awareness, about herself and others, and yet she still seems mindbroken over nothing. I would expect someone like her to not be so easily effected by what other people might say or think, and to be aware that all the standard petty teenage drama is beneath her. The characters in this show seem to act and think in a way that's far more mature than they actually are emotionally.

I'd part her ice rams

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It's Nishi

People keep bringing up Ikoku Nikki in these threads but frankly the better successor to Ikoku Nikki is Awajima Hyakkei, not this
This show is more like Kimi ni Todoke but with a love polygon

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Kino ambience

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I love the goblin scenes

>>287509036
I like this author because she makes sure none of the characters are waifu/husbando material while still keeping them interesting to watch, like a nature documentary

>>287513822
Taira is literally peak husbando material though

>>287513350
Kimi ni Todoke is actually a really good series, though. The characters are likable, the way the cast gradually warms up to the MC feels believable, and it follows several different relationships at once, all of which are well developed by the end of the run. The way the cast matures over the course of the series is also excellent. It helps that it isn't trying to be a grounded series; its tone is pretty lighthearted. The author clearly knows her strengths and weaknesses.The main problem with Koori no Jouheki, aside from its weak cast of characters, is that it tries to be a grounded drama, but the drama at its core is a nothingburger. As a result, it's hard to care. And what makes it extra funny is that the story acts as if she was systematically bullied to the point of contemplating suicide.

>>287513862
>The way the cast matures over the course of the series is also excellent.
I don't disagree with your overall opinion, but come on, they are just incredibly childish ("pure", if you will) in the beginning, so them "maturing" isn't as impressive as you make it sound.

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Me watching Polar Opposites and Ramparts of Ice

Rampants of Ice Woman

>>287508922
Is this the endgame?